The Life of Sir Halliday Macartney, K.C.M.G.
Commander of Li Hung Chang's Trained Force in the Taeping Rebellion, Founder of the First Chinese Arsenals, for Thirty Years Councillor and Secretary to the Chinese Legation in London

This 1908 biography of Halliday Macartney describes his career, from army medic to successful diplomat fostering Anglo-Chinese relations.

Demetrius Charles Boulger (Author)

9781108026260, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 February 2011

570 pages, 14 b/w illus.
21.5 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.6 kg

Demetrius C. Boulger (1853–1928) published several works on Asia, including this 1908 biography of Sir Halliday Macartney (1833–1906), a military doctor turned diplomat. Boulger describes how, interrupting his studies, Macartney served as a medical volunteer with the Anglo-Turkish contingent in the Crimea. After completing his medical degree Macartney joined the army and travelled to India and China. In the early 1860s he took an active part in crushing the Taiping Rebellion under the leadership of the young General (then Captain) Gordon, joined the Chinese Service, and was swiftly promoted. Macartney founded the first ever arsenal in China at Nanking and was its director for ten years. He transferred to the diplomatic service, and for over thirty years was a lead negotiator in Anglo-Chinese affairs. He also organised the diplomatic representation of China at various European courts and became a Counsellor to the Chinese Embassy in London.

Foreword Sir James Crichton-Browne
1. Family and early life
2. The Crimea and Indian Mutiny
3. The Peking Campaign
4. The Taeping Rebellion
5. Macartney enters Chinese service
6. Campaigning with Gordon
7. The Soochow Massacre
8. Life in Soochow
9. Removal to Nanking
10. The Nanking arsenal: second phase
11. The Kwoh embassy
12. The return to England
13. The arrival of the Marquis Tsêng
14. The St. Petersburg treaty
15. The complications with France
16. Various negotiations with England
17. Some minor diplomatic incidents
18. The close of a long career
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]